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Councilman recalls MLK assassination

A special news bulletin had just been broadcast over the radio: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot in the face at a downtown hotel in Memphis, Tenn.It was Thursday, April 4, 1968.“I was at...

DATE: April 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez man pleads guilty in child porn investigation

A Cortez man has pleaded guilty in connection to a federal undercover child pornography investigation. Lloyd Keith, 59, of Cortez pleaded guilty last month to a felony count of sexual exploitation...

DATE: April 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Texas man jailed in pot bust

Marijuana is legal in Colorado, but a Texan has learned that selling it on the black market will land you behind bars. Aaron Barnhart, 21, of Odessa, Texas, was sentenced March 19 to 45 days in the...

DATE: April 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Judge ends arbitrary shackling of youths

Chief District Court Judge Doug Walker has ordered an end to indiscriminate shackling of youths in local courtrooms. A 272-word administrative order by Walker stated that placing kids in...

DATE: March 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Ex-pot agent enlists in business

Twice retired, John Seckman benefited from a 30-year executive career in oil and tech booms. Now he’s engaged in the marijuana boom. “I’m 66 years old,” he said. “I don’t have another boom left in...

DATE: March 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge orders end to indiscriminate shackling of youths

Chief District Court Judge Doug Walker has ordered an end to indiscriminate shackling of youths in local courtrooms. A 272-word administrative order by Walker stated that placing kids in...

DATE: March 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Texas man admits to marijuana trafficking

Marijuana is legal in Colorado, but a Texan has learned that selling it on the black market will land you behind bars. Aaron Barnhart, 21, of Odessa, Texas, was sentenced last week to 45 days in...

DATE: March 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos man gets 2 years in domestic violence case

A Mancos man accused of drugging, pimping and raping his child’s mother was recently sentenced to two years in jail. Christopher Collins, 34, pleaded guilty to violating a protection order. He was...

DATE: March 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma kids face uphill struggle

Research shows that elementary reading scores can serve as a predictor for a child’s future criminal activity. A new report unveiled this week revealed that the number of Montezuma County...

DATE: March 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rat owner attacked with a bat

A 53-year-old Dolores woman reportedly "went crazy" last week and attacked a former roommate with a baseball bat. The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a residential disturbance...

DATE: March 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Hemp pioneer answers questions at Ag Expo

An attentive audience of more than 50 local farmers and citizens quizzed America's first modern-day industrial hemp farmer at the Four States Ag Expo.As the three-day event came to a close on...

DATE: March 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Drug addict headed to drug court

After apologizing to victims, a drug addict was told to prove he was sorry by changing his life. District Court Judge Todd Plewe addressed Roscoe Hampson, 27, of Cortez, during sentencing on...

DATE: March 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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